Iraq’s weightlifting team camps in Kut

BAGHDAD /Iraqi News Iraq’s weightlifting team will camp in the city of al-Kut in early March, 2010, to prepare for the Asian tournament that will take place in Uzbekistan in April, according to the Iraqi weightlifting federation on Saturday. “Eighteen Iraqi weightlifters will join the team in its camp,” the federation chief told Iraqi News. Kut, the capital city of Wassit province, lies 180 km south of Baghdad. MH (P)/AmR 1